Importing Model from Solidworks

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I have an assembly of a robot (made on Solidworks) with a camera that I plan to use for object recognition and although I can upload the assembly file, I can’t launch the simulation with the robot. Can someone explain what I might be doing wrong or if I am missing any files?

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Hi,

So for launching the simulations you need to follow these steps:

  1. Convert your ASSEMBLY SW file into a XACRO/URDF or SDF file used in Gazebo and ROS.
  2. Add the sensor plugins in that XACRO/URDF/SDF file.
  3. Create a launch file that spawns the robot in gazebo and starts the controllers if needed.

You have some videos explaining the process:

  1. Manual process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7X_p_KMwus&t=2950s
  2. Using the URDF exporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz6KPJBfM1s.

Hope this is useful